Carbon nanotube thermal pads

摘要

Thermal pads, including free-standing examples, are provided for dissipating heat from a heat source like a semiconductor die to a heat management aid such as a heat sink. The thermal pads include a sheet of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a surface layer. One such surface layer has a thickness of less than 500 microns. Another includes a metal layer having a thickness of less than 500 microns and an intermediate layer attaching the metal layer to the sheet of carbon nanotubes.